I am efficiency-obsessed. Anytime I can make something that I do in my job more efficient without compromising quality, I am in. Involve something Google-y in that and I’m not just in, I am psyched.
Canned Responses meets that criteria. It allows you to save certain email text (typically for replies) that you send regularly. You can then insert those messages when needed, make minor edits for personalization if needed, and send them out. Awesome sauce.
The only flaw is the menu – you have to be really careful to not accidentally overwrite your saved canned responses by clicking in the wrong spot (insert vs. save vs. new). But I can live with that!
Check out a GIF of Canned Responses after these brief setup instructions.
- Click the gear in the top-right corner of your Gmail window.
- Click Settings
- Click Labs
- Navigate to Canned Responses in the list.
- Click Enable, then save.
